At close to $30 billion, the MTA is about to get handed a record sum of money to maintain and expand a transit system that's showing wear and tear from record ridership, but riders shouldn't expect quick fixes.

Thanks to the surge of car services like uber, fewer and fewer people are taking yellow cabs—and it's just not cabbies who are feeling the pinch. The decline has real implications for the city's transit system, which received fifty cents for every cab ride.

The Mayor's Executive Budget, which leaves unanswered how billions of dollars in much-needed transit improvements will be funded. The MTA is preparing its capital plan through 2019 which will determine the system's future condition.

Drivers could be paying more to help fund mass transit if one non-profit group gets its way.
The Citizens Budget Commission is proposing a number of fees on cars and trucks to help the MTA close a $1 billion gap in its capital investment program.